The German government was very satisfied with the results of this trip to Qingdao, which not only achieved the goals hoped for by Germany, but also had many unexpected gains. He also sent a telegram to praise Prince Heinrich in Qingdao, and Prince Heinrich also bid farewell to the East China government and wanted to return to Germany, after all, he had been away from Germany for more than three months, and he should go back3, and it would take more than a month to return.

Representatives of the two German shipyards, Kiel Shipyard and Blom-Foss Shipyard, also had to leave because according to the contract, the construction of the two warships was scheduled for June 30, and now several days have passed in May, so there is not a lot of time left for them.

On this trip to Qingdao, the two shipyards can be regarded as returning with a full load, and the harvest is far greater than expected. Although the benefits of the shipbuilding contract are not large, they have reached agreements with the East China government to jointly develop shipboard integrated fire control systems and steam turbines, and the Kiel shipyard has even signed a joint development contract with the Traverser, both of which are extremely promising. The German Admiralty has shown a strong interest in the shipboard integrated fire control system, and the Traverser promised that although the warships to be built this time will not be equipped with steam turbines, they will definitely order them after the successful development of the steam turbines, and the German Admiralty has also promised to test install steam turbines on two small warships to see the results. Therefore, the representatives of the Blom-Foss shipyard wanted to rush back to Germany as soon as possible so that the shipyard leadership could negotiate a contract with the overseas Chinese.

Of course, the traverser was prepared to do both, and if the top management of the Blom-Foss shipyard was unwilling to work with them on the development of the steam turbine, they would instead look to Persig for cooperation. Because cooperation requires both parties to be voluntary, even the German government cannot force it, and Persig Company is a German company specializing in the manufacture of reciprocating steam engines, and its products are mainly used in German trains and some ship power, and the East China government purchased locomotives from Germany is manufactured by this company. It is believed that they are interested in steam turbines

This time, along with the Germans, there was also a huge delegation of up to 29 people sent by the traverser, which mainly included three groups: members of the commercial representative of the East China government in Germany; personnel responsible for supervising the construction of ships; and personnel who negotiated and negotiated cooperation matters with German enterprises and were responsible for attracting investment; the first two types of people will basically stay in Germany for a long time, while the latter group will only go to Germany for a short period of time, and it is expected that they will return to Qingdao around October this year.

There are 10 members of the East China government's commercial representative in Germany. This was negotiated between the East China Government and Germany for a long time, and in fact it was the consulate of the East China Government in Germany, and the German Government also agreed to give diplomatic treatment at the consular level. The person in charge is called Xu Dingsheng, who turned out to be a computer technician in the construction of a power plant, because in the old time and space, he was a returnee, who had studied in Germany for 4 years and worked for 3 years, proficient in English, German and French languages, and had a considerable understanding of German society, history and culture, and also had certain communication skills.

Among the 10 members stationed in Germany, there are 6 traversers and 4 natives, and the German Riddle who was originally among the traversers also signed up for the selection, but the administration department considered that he was a rare mechanical professional among the traversers, so he could play a greater role in Qingdao, and the German side would also send engineers over, and the government could arrange for Riddle to be responsible for receiving German workers, and he would have the opportunity to send him to Germany again in the future. After thinking about it, Riddle gave up the idea of going to Germany, in fact, he just wanted to go back to Germany. The administration department persuaded Riddle to stay in Qingdao, on the one hand, because of his ability, and on the other hand, because he was not worried about letting him go to Germany. This is not to suspect Riddle, but after all, Riddle is German, and it is difficult to guarantee what will happen when he returns to Germany.

The 4 locals, all of whom are students of the Hope School, 3 boys and 1 girl, are 16-17 years old this year, and they are all orphans adopted by the East China government at the beginning. Take them to Germany, on the one hand, because there are miscellaneous personnel in Germany, on the other hand, it is also intended to let them see the world abroad, if the conditions are right, they also plan to send them to German schools to go to school, the East China government to develop, it needs a large number of modern talents, in addition to their own training, studying abroad is also an important way.

However, the East China Government has put forward two points of attention for sending people to study abroad: First, the candidates must have a fairly high degree of loyalty to the East China Government, so as to ensure that they can return to work in the East China Government after completing their studies, and not stay in Germany or switch to the Qing court; and second, the subjects to be studied in the study abroad must be science and engineering, not liberal arts, because what the East China Government needs now is engineers, not some cultural and ideological masters. The four locals brought in this time basically met the first condition, and it was also used as a compensation test.

There are 12 people in charge of supervising the construction of the ship, including 8 traversers and 4 natives, of course, the main work of the natives is to do chores. However, their mission was not only to oversee the construction of warships, but also to provide support and assistance in the design of the next type of battleship in Germany. The person in charge is called Xia Jie, the political commissar of the Sanya ship, in the old time and space, he is a researcher of the history of naval war equipment, and he has a certain understanding of the warships of this era, plus the identity of a soldier, of course, it is the most suitable. Huang Zhe, the person in charge of shipbuilding technology, was also in the delegation, although in the old time and space, he was an enthusiast of the old warship, collected a lot of information on the old warship, and was very familiar with the technical development of the old warship, but after all, it was all theoretical knowledge, so he was sent to Germany, on the one hand, to let him increase the practical experience of building warships, and on the other hand, to participate in the design of the next type of battleship in Germany.

For the design of the next type of battleship in Germany, the traverser has already concluded internally, that is, it is based on the British Lord Nelson-class battleship in the old time and space, which is the last type of pre-dreadnought designed by the United Kingdom, which was built in 1908, and still uses the separate design of the first main gun and the second main gun, but the number of the second main gun has been increased to 10, so in terms of firepower alone, it has an absolute advantage over the warships of all countries in the world during the service of this type of warship. It's just that with the advent of dreadnoughts, this type of battleship has become obsolete before it is in service.

However, the next type of German battleship was expected to be built by 1904, at least four years earlier than the Nelson class, and could be commissioned before the dreadnoughts, so that there was no question of obsolescence when they were built. Although this lead will not be long, in this era, this design and the layout of the artillery are absolutely world-leading, and I believe that the German Admiralty will be satisfied with this design scheme. Of course, such a design will increase the tonnage of this type of warship to more than 16,000 tons, or even close to 17,000 tons, but with the current industrial manufacturing capacity of Germany, this is not a big problem.

In fact, in the old time and space, Germany's warship manufacturing process capacity was not below that of Britain, but it was more conservative in the design of warships. In addition, Britain is an island country, surrounded by the sea, and has no territorial ambitions for the European continent, so it can invest all its national strength to develop its navy, while Germany is a traditional land power and must maintain a balanced development of both land and sea, so the German navy has never been able to catch up with Britain.

There are 7 people in charge of negotiations, all of whom are traversers, 3 members of the commercial committee, and 4 people of the judiciary, after all, this work can only be done by traversers, and as for miscellaneous personnel, they can use the personnel of the commercial representative office in Germany, anyway, they are all their own people, of course, they must cooperate with each other.

After the personnel of the East China government were ready, they also set off with the returnees from Germany and shared a passenger ship. This time, the number of people who came to participate in the bidding from Germany was also quite large, and the two shipyards sent 46 people, plus the entourage of Prince Heinrich, almost more than 80 people, so Germany also specially arranged a passenger and cargo ship with a displacement of up to 10,000 tons to run this trip, of course, the ship also brought a batch of machinery and equipment ordered by the East China government, and when leaving, it was also loaded with a shipload of iron ore, tungsten ore, tung oil and other materials, and it was not in vain.

After sending off the Germans and the East China Government's personnel to Germany, the Executive Yuan immediately shifted its attention and devoted its main energies to another matter. It turned out that during the bidding negotiations, a major incident occurred in Shandong, the Qing court's Qingzhou garrison Eight Banners rebelled, they occupied Qingzhou City by force, and sent troops to attack the working group that was carrying out land reform in Qingzhou, and besieged the working group in a small village outside Qingzhou City. At the same time, it was also rumored that all the prefectures and counties in Shandong had summoned Qing court officials from all over the country to rise up against the rule of the traversers, and sent a letter to the Qing court in Beijing, accusing the traversers of committing 12 major crimes in Shandong, and asking the Qing court to send troops to sweep away the traversers.

This is the first major rebellion that has occurred in the ruling area since the traverser landed, so it has also aroused great attention from the East China government, because there is also a garrison of the Eight Banners Army in Dezhou, Shandong, in case the two garrison Eight Banners Army echo each other, solidarity will inevitably lead to the expansion of the scope of the rebellion, in addition, because it is a rebellion initiated by the Manchurians, I don't know what kind of attitude the Qing court will adopt, after all, it is inseparable, and it really cannot be ruled out that the Qing court and the traverser turned their faces, and even the possibility of opposing force.

Therefore, the Executive Yuan convened an executive meeting overnight after receiving the news to discuss countermeasures. In the end, it was decided to immediately send troops to Qingzhou to rescue the besieged land reform working group, and it was necessary to quell the rebellion as quickly as possible, and then sit on the charge of Manchurian rebellion, so that the Qing court had no reason to interfere. Anyway, as long as the rebellion is put down, it will be easy to have any evidence or confession. The garrison of the Eight Banners in Texas should also be closely monitored, and as soon as there is a rash move, the army should be immediately sent out to encircle and suppress it, and the two Eight Banner armies must not be allowed to form a mutual echo.